Hunter Jr High

As a compact middle-grades school in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, Hunter Jr High enrolls 667 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Granite District.

Across the 85 schools in Granite District (59,404 students total), Hunter Jr High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Hunter Jr High logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 31% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hunter Jr High shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hunter Jr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 26.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household income runs about $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Hunter Jr High is one.

Whittier School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hunter Jr High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hunter Jr High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 25.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Hunter Jr High's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 786 (now 667). The White share of enrollment edged down from 44% to 31% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Hunter Jr High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.